Antonyms for curve
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1. curve

   In some cases a thing is spoken of as bent where the parts make an angle; but oftener to bend is understood to be to draw to or through a curve; as, to bend a bow. To submit or yield is to bend the mind humbly to another's wishes. To incline or influence is to bend another's wishes toward our own; to persuade is to draw them quite over. To warp is to bend silently through the whole fiber, as a board in the sun. To crook is to bend irregularly, as a crooked stick. Deflect, deviate, and diverge are said of any turning away; deviate commonly of a slight and gradual movement, diverge of a more sharp and decided one. To bias is to cut across the texture, or incline to one side; in figurative use always with an unfavorable import. Mold is a stronger work than bend; we may bend by a superior force that which still resists the constraint; as, a bent bow; we mold something plastic entirely to some desired form.

   Synonyms:
   bend, bias, bow, crook, deflect, deviate, diverge, incline, influence, mold, persuade, stoop, submit, turn, twine, twist, warp, yield

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1. curveverb

   Antonyms:
   straighten, unbend, rectilineate

   Synonyms:
   incurve, bend, inflex, falcate, arcuate

2. curvenoun

   Antonyms:
   rigidity, inelasticity, inflexibility, rectilinearity

   Synonyms:
   incurvation, flexion, deflexion

Matched Categories

1. • Bend
   • Change Surface
   • Line
   • Pitch
   • Shape

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1. curve, curved shapenoun

   the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes

   Antonyms:
   straight line

   Synonyms:
   bender, bend, curved shape, breaking ball, curvature, curve ball

2. curvenoun

   a line on a graph representing data

   Antonyms:
   straight line

   Synonyms:
   bender, bend, curved shape, breaking ball, curvature, curve ball

3. curve, curve ball, breaking ball, bendernoun

   a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter

   Antonyms:
   straight line

   Synonyms:
   booze-up, toot, bender, carousal, carouse, curvature, bend, curve ball, curved shape, breaking ball

4. curvature, curvenoun

   the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface

   Antonyms:
   straight line

   Synonyms:
   bender, bend, curved shape, breaking ball, curvature, curve ball

5. bend, curveverb

   curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)

   Antonyms:
   straight line

   Synonyms:
   turn, flexure, plication, breaking ball, twist, bend, bend dexter, crease, curvature, crimp, bending, fold, bender, crook, curve ball, curved shape

6. swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cutverb

   turn sharply; change direction abruptly

   "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"

   Antonyms:
   straight line

   Synonyms:
   foreshorten, veer, bring down, wind, turn off, edit out, arch, twist, hack, trim down, write out, prune, thin, kink, cut, rationalize, trim back, trim, ignore, swerve, shorten, crook, edit, thin out, cut down, skip, abridge, reduce, rationalise, arc, contract, burn, dilute, switch off, sheer, make out, geld, slew, disregard, tailor, cut off, turn out, snub, slue, slide, issue, cut back, abbreviate, trend, curl, slip, skid

7. wind, twist, curveverb

   extend in curves and turns

   "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"

   Antonyms:
   straight line

   Synonyms:
   bend, wriggle, wrick, wind, deform, nose, meander, hoist, thread, arch, twist, veer, rick, kink, worm, roll, lift, flex, convolute, writhe, scent, wrench, wind up, wrap, turn, sheer, wander, sophisticate, trend, sprain, swerve, slew, twist around, twine, distort, wrestle, wreathe, arc, squirm, slue, crook, weave, pervert, curl, cut

8. arch, curve, arcverb

   form an arch or curve

   "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"

   Antonyms:
   straight line

   Synonyms:
   trend, twist, sheer, kink, slue, arc, wind, veer, cut, slew, curl, crook, arch, swerve

9. crook, curveverb

   bend or cause to bend

   "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"

   Antonyms:
   straight line

   Synonyms:
   trend, twist, sheer, kink, slue, arc, wind, veer, cut, slew, curl, crook, arch, swerve

10. curl, curve, kinkverb

    form a curl, curve, or kink

    "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"

    Antonyms:
    straight line

    Synonyms:
    wave, arc, curl up, sheer, slew, loop, twist, slue, curl, frizz, arch, crimp, cut, swerve, wind, crape, trend, kink up, coil, kink, crook, frizzle, veer, draw in

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1. curveverb

   Synonyms:
   bend, crook, turn, inflect, deflect, deviate, wind

How to use curve in a sentence?

1. Alan Lancz:

   The inverted yield curve, that's what worries investors and it's why you're getting selling here. It's definitely a slowing economy indicator, and whether it goes into a recession or not, nobody really knows. But it will put a pause in the market.

2. Yishai Lerner:

   The adoption curve has gotten from nice to have to must have.

3. Karl Rove:

   That’s early, historically, for major contenders to get in the race, so we’re slightly ahead of the power curve here. But I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see him do it in late May or early June.

4. President Barack Obama:

   The way it was handled indicates that the NFL was behind the curve, as a lot of institutions have been behind the curve, in sending a clear message.

5. Steve Sosnick:

   The shape of the (volatility) curve definitely is upward sloping but it's not like there is a huge hump out in November.

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